37-496: Eagle Rock may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] "Eagle Rock" (song) , a hit single in 1971 by Australian band Daddy Cool "Eagle Rock", a song by Motörhead Eagle Rock Entertainment , a record label Places [ edit ] Eagle Rock (formation) , in California Eagle Rock (Idaho) , an early name for Idaho Falls, Idaho Eagle Rock, Los Angeles ,
74-570: A (then) record ten weeks. "Eagle Rock" also spent 17 weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Melbourne Top 40 Singles Chart. The song was re-released by Wizard Records in 1982, and reached No. 17 on the Australian singles chart. In New Zealand, the song has charted three times. In 1971 it reached No. 17, in 1986 it was in the charts for ten weeks, reaching No. 19, and in 1990 it was No. 1 for four weeks, staying in
111-593: A cover version of " Louie Louie " as a single in 1965 on their own label, Mojo, and followed with three more singles after being signed to local label W & G. At about this time he met Patricia Higgins (future Pat Wilson ) whilst working at the Department of Supply. The Pink Finks was followed by the more progressively oriented The Party Machine (1967–69) still with Hannaford, but included Mike Rudd on bass (later in Spectrum ). Compensation for his earlier car accident
148-590: A group inspired by the work of Frank Zappa . In 1970 Sons of the Vegetal Mother formed a side-project called Daddy Cool . The original members were Wilson, Hannaford (vocals and guitars), Gary Young (drums, vocals) and Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals), other members that joined, included saxophonist Jeremy Noone and guitarist Ian Winter. Known for their "good time" image, Daddy Cool's repertoire mixed covers of 1950s R&B and doo-wop classics with original compositions mostly written by Wilson. The band signed to
185-812: A neighborhood in California Eagle Rock , Pacific Crest Trail , Southern California Eagle Rock (Santa Monica Mountains) , California Eagle Rock, Missouri Eagle Rock, North Carolina , an unincorporated community in Wake County Eagle Rock (Pistol River, Oregon) , listed on the NRHP in Curry County, Oregon Eagle Rock, Virginia , a town in northern Botetourt County Eagle Rock in Hill County, Montana Eagle Rock in Mineral County, Montana Eagle Rock Reservation , New Jersey, on First Mountain in
222-471: A parody of the song, "Me Beer's Cut Off", for his 2009 album Excess All Areas . Ross Wilson (musician) Ross Andrew Wilson (born 18 November 1947) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is the co-founder and frontman of the long-standing rock groups Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock , as well as a number of other former bands, in addition to performing solo. He has produced records for bands such as Skyhooks and Jo Jo Zep &
259-684: A song written by Ross. The song featured Ross on backing vocals, and became an Australian No. 2 hit and gained recognition internationally. It also had a video directed by Gillian Armstrong , which featured not only Ross, but the screen debut of Nicole Kidman . Mondo Rock released further albums including The Modern Bop in 1984, which had their best charting single " Come Said the Boy " (#2 on National singles chart) and " The Modern Bop "; and Boom Baby Boom in 1986, Aliens ( EP ) in 1987 and Why Fight It? in 1990. The later albums and singles had little chart success. Wilson's most successful solo release
296-552: A surprise reformation for the January 1974 Sunbury Pop Festival and remained together until late 1975. Also performing at Sunbury in 1974 were Skyhooks and, despite being booed off stage, Wilson recommended the band to Mushroom Records boss Michael Gudinski . In June / July 1974 Wilson took time off from Daddy Cool and produced Skyhook's breakthrough debut album Living in the Seventies , which overtook Daddy Cool's first album to become
333-473: Is also seen wearing Daddy Cool memorabilia on albums Tumbleweed Connection and Honky Chateau . In 1998, Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Australian hit songs of the late 1950s, the 1960s and the early 1970s. One of the songs featured in the collection was "Eagle Rock". In 2005, it appeared as backing music on commercials for "Victoria - The Place to Be". It
370-431: Is also the basis of a tradition practiced among a small group of Australians for decades. Whenever the song is played at an event or a public bar, they (particularly the males) congregate on the dance floor where they unstrap their belts and hobble around singing the song with their trousers around their ankles. Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool, although perplexed about the origin of the practice has observed,'... I suppose it's got
407-458: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eagle Rock (song) " Eagle Rock " is the debut single by Australian rock band Daddy Cool , released in 1971 on the Sparmac record label. It went on to become the best-selling Australian single of the year, achieving gold status in eleven weeks, and remaining at No. 1 on the national charts for
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#1732844656847444-476: The 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Eagle Rock" was ranked number 21. English musician Elton John toured Australia during 1972 and was so inspired by "Eagle Rock" that, with lyricist Bernie Taupin , he wrote " Crocodile Rock ". The cover of John's 1973 album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player , which featured "Crocodile Rock", has a photo of Taupin wearing a "Daddy Who?" promotional badge. Taupin
481-942: The 1971 Myponga Festival held in South Australia . A rarely seen experimental colourised version of the film clip was found and restored by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) in 2013. The newly discovered version features a 37-second section using colour filters printed onto colour film stock. This particular print, though never intended for screening, was possibly seen by teenage audiences of 0-10 Network (now Network Ten) pop music program Happening '71 throughout 1971. All tracks written by Ross Wilson unless otherwise indicated. 7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl Sales figures based on certification alone. Daddy Cool Additional credits Australian comedian and singer Kevin Bloody Wilson wrote
518-644: The Falcons , as well as for those of his own bands. He appeared as a judge on celebrity singing TV series It Takes Two from 2005. Wilson was individually inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 1989 and again as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006. Ross currently resides in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne . Wilson's father was an amateur jazz musician and his mother would play classical music on
555-481: The Land of Oz" (also released as a single), "The Mood", "Greaseball", "Who's Gonna Love You Tonight" and "Atmospherics", with fellow ex-Daddy Cool members Gary Young and Wayne Burt; he produced the soundtrack which also featured the film's stars Joy Dunstan and Graham Matters singing a track each and two tracks by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons . Jo Jo Zep, containing Young and Burt, were also signed to Oz Records and released
592-581: The U.S. Top 40. McCusker had written "State of the Heart", co-written "Chemistry" with Christie, and Wilson had written "Cool World". Mondo Rock released Nuovo Mondo in 1982 which included their track " A Touch of Paradise " written by Wilson and Gulliver Smith (aka Kevin Smith, ex- Company Caine ). This became a 1986 hit when covered by Australian pop singer John Farnham (ex- Little River Band ). In 1983, Wilson's then wife Pat recorded and released, " Bop Girl "
629-653: The Watchung Range Other [ edit ] Alexander Eaglerock , a 1920s and 1930s American biplane Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Eagle Rock . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_Rock&oldid=1110645412 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
666-574: The author comments on the heated confrontations that occurred during his time at St Leo's college (a neighbouring residential college) between the residents of each college relating to this issue, with St Leo's claiming it as their own. The promotional film clip for "Eagle Rock" was shot on 16mm black-and-white film in 1971 by 23-year-old Melbourne filmmaker Chris Löfvén. It shows the band in Melbourne locations including South Melbourne , St. Kilda 's Aussie Burger Bar opposite Luna Park and live shots from
703-596: The band in locations around Melbourne . In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100-strong industry panel, "Eagle Rock" was declared second behind the Easybeats ' " Friday on My Mind ". In 2010, "Eagle Rock" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive 's Sounds of Australia registry. In January 2018, as part of Triple M 's "Ozzest 100",
740-401: The band's first single in 1978 " The Fugitive Kind " and first album, 1979's Primal Park for his own Oz Records label. Greatest singles success was with 1980's " State of the Heart ", 1981's " Chemistry " and " Cool World " all from their award-winning second album Chemistry released in 1981 on Avenue Records. 1980s teen-idol Rick Springfield recorded "State of the Heart" in 1985, making
777-473: The biggest selling Australian album to that time. The "Eagle Rock" promo was directed by Chris Löfvén who had earlier that year directed the video for Spectrum's single " I'll Be Gone ". Around this time Ross and wife Pat both appeared naked in a short film directed by Chris Löfvén titled "The Beginning" which is an extra on the DVD release of Oz. After Daddy Cool broke up late in 1972, Wilson and Hannaford formed
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#1732844656847814-699: The biggest-selling Australian LP. He went on to produce their next two albums, Ego is not a Dirty Word (1975) and Straight in a Gay Gay World (1976), both of which were also successes in Australia. Contractual problems with Porter's Wizard label, to whom Wilson was signed at the time, forced him to wait out the end of his recording contract. He turned to producing records for Skyhooks on Mushroom Records and Company Caine on his own label Oz Records. When his contractual obligations ended, Wilson also scored Chris Löfvén's 1976 film, Oz , inspired by The Wizard of Oz but set in Australia. Wilson performed "Livin' in
851-458: The charts for 15 weeks and achieving gold status. Guitarist, vocalist and the song's writer Ross Wilson was living and performing in London when he wrote the song. He explained his inspiration for the song: It came from a Sunday Times liftout magazine A-Z on music. In the before blues section there was an evocative photo of rural black Americans dancing in a dirt poor juke joint—the caption
888-596: The commemorative "5 Decades of Cool" concert at the Palais Theatre , St Kilda, Melbourne. Wilson made a celebrity guest appearance on Neighbours in 2018. On 9 June 2023, Wilson released the 4-track She's Stuck On Facebook All the Time EP, the first new music in 13 years. Wilson has a brother, Bruce Wilson, who designed the logo for the Mojo Label under which The Pink Finks released "Louie Louie", Bruce also designed
925-453: The independent Sparmac label, co-owned by producer and former child prodigy guitarist Robie Porter . Daddy Cool became very popular in Australia and their records also gained a following in the US and Canada in the early 1970s. They scored a nationwide No. 1 hit in Australia in mid-1971 with the single " Eagle Rock " and their debut LP, Daddy Who? Daddy Cool , also reached No. 1 to set a record as
962-502: The logo for The Party Machine, and printed their " obscene and seditious " songbook. Ross Wilson's first wife, Pat Wilson , was a journalist and, briefly, a pop star with "Bop Girl" (written by Ross) in 1983 and reached No. 2. On the promo video for "Eagle Rock" a pregnant Pat Wilson is in the front row of the concert footage. They were married for twenty years, from 1969 to about 1989 or 1990. He married his second wife, Tania Gogos, in 1999. They have two children. Through Tania, Wilson
999-551: The part of "King Mondo" in the video "Space Dancing". Wilson also appeared as "King Mondo" on the 2004 video "Santa's Rockin'!" singing This Little Baby Is Born Again . In 1996 Wilson was part of the pre-game entertainment at the ARL Grand Final at the Sydney Football Stadium , with other famous Australian music acts, The Del Tones, Glenn Shorrock , Christine Anu and Kate Ceberano . Wilson sang "Eagle Rock", which
1036-837: The piano at their home in the Melbourne suburb of Hampton . Wilson learnt to sing harmonies with the local Anglican church choir and was selected as a boy soprano wedding singer. In 1958, at ten and a half years old, he and his father attended their first rock & roll show featuring Johnny O'Keefe , Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly and the Crickets . A car accident in 1963 caused severe injuries. During recovery over subsequent months, Wilson took up harmonica playing and would copy from records to develop his playing style. Wilson began his musical career in 1964 and formed his first band The Pink Finks with thirteen-year-old Ross Hannaford (guitar and vocals), who would become his long-time musical partner, whilst both were still at school. They released
1073-461: The short-lived Mighty Kong which included former Spectrum drummer Ray Arnott and Company Caine guitarist Russell Smith. They recorded only one LP, All I Wanna Do Is Rock released on Porter's new label Wizard Records, but the band broke up soon after. Whilst performing with Mighty Kong, Wilson was impressed by a fledgling Melbourne band called Skyhooks and signed their main songwriter Greg Macainsh to his publishing company. Daddy Cool made
1110-483: The silliness that was part of the charm of Daddy Cool.' It is commonly attributed to a group of mining engineering students, who at the time were residents of St John's College within the University of Queensland campus. St John's has had the eagle as its mascot since its founding in the early 20th century which lends support to their claim that they began the practice. In St Leo's, the memory (1992) by Michael A. Head,
1147-877: The single " Beating Around the Bush " from the soundtrack. To promote his single, Wilson formed Mondo Rock : My longest lasting project, Mondo Rock (76–90) started as an occasional thing to help promote my 1st solo single "Living in the Land of Oz" & it wasn't until 1978 that we issued our debut single Mondo Rock went through several incarnations but the best known line-up included bassist Paul Christie (ex- Kevin Borich Express , later in The Party Boys ), guitarist and songwriter Eric McCusker, (ex- The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band ), drummer John Hackett (ex-Stars) and James Black on keyboards and guitar. Wilson also produced
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1184-596: The song as part of the pre-game entertainment at the 1996 ARL Grand Final in which Manly won their 6th rugby league premiership. The song is also played at West Coast Eagles games at Optus Stadium in the Australian Football League and the Eagles' Rick 'The Rock' Eagle mascot character is also named after the song. The song was also played at the MCG after the Eagles victory in the 2018 AFL Grand Final . The song
1221-558: Was 1989's "Bed of Nails" which reached No. 25 on the National singles charts. It was released from his July 1989 solo album Dark Side of the Man on WEA . Wilson returned to performing in the late 1990s and he has released two albums of new material plus a two-CD retrospective covering his entire career, including many rare tracks. He has also collaborated with children's group The Wiggles , singing on their re-recording of "Eagle Rock" and playing
1258-583: Was along the lines of "some negroes 'cut the pigeon wing' and 'do the eagle rock'". "Eagle Rock" was a 1920s black dance performed with the arms outstretched and the body rocking from side to side. "Doing the eagle rock" is also a metaphor for sexual intercourse. The 1913 song " Ballin' the Jack " has the line "Stretch your lovin' arms straight out in space / Then do the Eagle Rock with style and grace". The accompanying promotional video, directed by Chris Löfvén , shows
1295-551: Was also used in the opening scenes of the 2005 horror movie Wolf Creek , in the 2011 Australian film Red Dog and in the television series Dossa and Joe . Since the early 1990s, "Eagle Rock" has been played at home games for the Sydney-based Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league team and is unofficially the club's theme song. The song was also played to the crowd after Manly's Grand Final wins in 2008 and 2011 . Ross Wilson actually performed
1332-771: Was later adopted by the winners of the Grand Final, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles , as their team anthem. At the Gimme Ted benefit concert on 9 March 2001 Wilson performed four songs. Ross Wilson has appeared as a judge on the Seven Network celebrity reality singing competition It Takes Two in both 2006 and 2007 series, and was featured in the ABC interview series Talking Heads with Peter Thompson on 9 July 2007. In August 2009, Wilson celebrated 45 years in music with
1369-414: Was received by 1969, which enabled Wilson to travel to England with Pat. He had been invited by Brian Peacock (bass guitar) to join his band Procession . Whilst there, Wilson married Pat, recorded an album Procession with the band and began to work on the song " Eagle Rock ". Wilson returned to Australia later that year and formed Sons of the Vegetal Mother (1969–70), again including Hannaford and Rudd,
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